Play music through Skype

[Billie Walsh]

On 05/27/2011 01:56 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
>> Since it's a known fact that the Internet is a series of tubes, what
>> you are trying to do, via Skype, will cost someone else some
>> bandwidth.
>
> I don't think that's a problem because that other person agreed to
> provide the bandwidth. According to the Skype EULA, Skype may use up all
> the available resources. Or at least that was my understanding of the
> EULA when I rejected it some years ago.
>
>
> Nils
>

We live out beyond the end of the fiber and wires. Our internet comes to 
us via radio. Think of it as a kind of Super Wifi. Anyway, we have a 
very close relationship with our ISP. We provide tower space and the 
electricity to run his equipment which he sells service to others from. 
In exchange we get free high speed internet service. He hates Skype. 
It's a _MAJOR_ bandwidth hog. He will often throttle back someone that 
uses Skype. A major hog like Skype slows down everyone else on the system.

On the interesting side. Use of a magicJack doesn't even show up on the 
network, I don't know how they do it but it uses virtualy no bandwidth 
at all and call quality is excellent. Must be some kind of compression 
algorithm.

Standard disclaimers apply:
I have no interest in, nor receive any benefit from magicJack.......

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